(With translation)

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Ibn al Jawzi رحمه الله said,

“By Allah if it was said to the people of the graves hope for something; indeed they would hope for a day of Ramadan.”

[التبصرة ٢/٨٥]

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عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ‎ﷺ قَالَ ‏ “‏ مَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ، وَمَنْ صَامَ رَمَضَانَ إِيمَانًا وَاحْتِسَابًا غُفِرَ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ ‏”‌‏.‏
[صحيح البخاري]

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever established prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven; and whoever fasts in the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven.”

[Sahih al-Bukhari 1901]

Know—may Allah have mercy upon you—that from the greatest of actions in this blessed month is the recitation of the Noble Qur’an. So strive, my beloved brother and sister, to complete the recitation of the Qur’an more than once in this blessed month. Do not settle for the bare minimum; rather, let your aspirations and determination be high, reaching for the heights of devotion in worshipping Allah.

And know that indeed, everything connected to the Qur’an is honoured and elevated.

Jibril was sent down with the Qur’an, and thus he became the best of angels.
The Qur’an was revealed to Muhammad ﷺ, and thus he became the leader of all creation.
The Qur’an came to the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ, and thus they became the best of nations.
The Qur’an was revealed in the month of Ramadan, and thus it became the best of months.
The Qur’an was sent down on Laylatul Qadr, and thus it became better than a thousand months.

So reflect, dear servant of Allah: if the Qur’an enters your heart, if you recite it day and night in this blessed and noble month of Ramadan, what transformation will it bring to your soul? What heights will it raise you to in nearness to Allah?

-Abu Zakariyya Ahmed Al-Hudaydi

https://t.me/abuzakriyya

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Anas bin Malik narrated:

"Umm Sulaym came to the Prophet and said, 'Teach me some words I can say in my Salah.' He replied, 'Say Allahu Akbar ten times, SubhanAllah ten times, and Alhamdulillah ten times. Then ask for whatever you like, and Allah will say: Yes. Yes."
(Jami' at-Tirmidhi 481 - Sahih)

Isnad Hasan, al-Nasai (1299) put it under the chapter of "Zikr after tashahhud" i.e before salam

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Muḥammad ʿAlī ʾĀdam al-ʾIt͟hyūbī (رحمه الله) said:

“Today, minds have drowned in materialistic thoughts and become captives of desires. They do not see beyond material things, and they do not consider something beneficial unless it manifests in the form of money, food, drink, clothing, shelter, and pleasures. Therefore, they do not see any benefit in pure acts of worship, and they do not feel that the greatest benefit on earth is to strengthen the relationship between the servant and his Rabb, to establish a strong connection with Him, to repent and humble oneself before Allāh, to break the desires seeking His Pleasure, to taste the sweetness of intimate supplication, and to draw closer to Him.”

[S͟harḥ Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (vol. 33 pg. 311)]

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حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَغَرِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ “‏ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ، وَقَفَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عَلَى باب الْمَسْجِدِ يَكْتُبُونَ الأَوَّلَ فَالأَوَّلَ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُهَجِّرِ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِي يُهْدِي بَدَنَةً، ثُمَّ كَالَّذِي يُهْدِي بَقَرَةً، ثُمَّ كَبْشًا، ثُمَّ دَجَاجَةً، ثُمَّ بَيْضَةً، فَإِذَا خَرَجَ الإِمَامُ طَوَوْا صُحُفَهُمْ، وَيَسْتَمِعُونَ الذِّكْرَ ‏”‌‏.‏
[رواه البخاري]

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “When it is a Friday, the angels stand at the gate of the mosque and keep on writing the names of the persons coming to the mosque in succession according to their arrivals. The example of the one who enters the mosque in the earliest hour is that of one offering a camel (in sacrifice). The one coming next is like one offering a cow and then a ram and then a chicken and then an egg respectively. When the Imam comes out (for Jumua prayer) they (i.e. angels) fold their papers and listen to the Khutba.”

Sahih al-Bukhari 929

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

The last ten nights are here.

If there’s any time to pick up the pace it’s now.

For those of us who didn’t manage to do enough so far, fear not for as the scholars have said, it’s not about how you start but rather it’s about how you finish.

So don’t waste this opportunity like the years before and have that feeling of regret.

Even if it’s one pound a night, a page a day, imagine the end reward when it’s multiplied ان شاء الله.

It’ll out-weigh all that you missed.

And for those of you who managed to go strong for the first twenty days (الحمدلله ) as sheikh Ruhayli حفظه الله said it’s neither from the sunnah nor good for you to remain in the same state as you were for the first part of the month.

Rather you should increase in all your efforts.

‎Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله):

‎“What really matters are good endings, not flawed beginnings.”

‎[Minhaj as-Sunnah | V. 8, P.416]

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